Cartel (album)
WordNet
noun
(1) A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
"They set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"
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Etymology
From , from , diminutive of 'card, page'.
Noun
- A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
- A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action
- A written letter of defiance or challenge.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 22:
- Xerxes whipped the Sea, and writ a cartell of defiance to the hill Athos.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, p. 22:
- An official agreement concerning the exchange of prisoners.
- A ship used to negotiate with an enemy in time of war, and to exchange prisoners.